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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 04:55 AM
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wat is supercharger lag.....
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 06:39 AM
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 08:14 AM
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It's not like a turbo, where things have to wind up. The supercharger's directly connected to the engine and always ready to go. Any lag's probably the throttle and/or transmission, i think...
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 09:13 AM
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what kinda of valves are there for the supercharger? I think someone said there was a by pass valve, not a blow off valve? Is there anything that you can put on a supercharger to make that "woosh" sound?
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 09:18 AM
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Originally posted by PerfectionSe7en
what kinda of valves are there for the supercharger? I think someone said there was a by pass valve, not a blow off valve? Is there anything that you can put on a supercharger to make that "woosh" sound?
Yeah...

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A Supercharger can have a "turbo" BOV, many many aftermarket Superchargers use them.

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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 09:47 AM
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Originally posted by PerfectionSe7en
what kinda of valves are there for the supercharger? I think someone said there was a by pass valve, not a blow off valve? Is there anything that you can put on a supercharger to make that "woosh" sound?
to make a woosh sound why? i think youve been hanging around at the honda forum for way to long. . I dont think there is supercharger lag it dosent lag because it uses the engine to spin it. a turbo lags becasue it uses exhaust to spin it, the more the RPM the faster turbo spins.
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 10:08 AM
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Originally posted by Xpeed
to make a woosh sound why? i think youve been hanging around at the honda forum for way to long. . I dont think there is supercharger lag it dosent lag because it uses the engine to spin it. a turbo lags becasue it uses exhaust to spin it, the more the RPM the faster turbo spins.
This has nothing to do with a BOV though. The intent of the BOV is to relieve pressure built up by the S/C or Turbo so when you shift gears (or whenever you let off the throttle) the pressure is not still there causing damage over time to the intake and engine.

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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 10:41 AM
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S/C's inherently don't have any lag at all unless poor piping or intercooler design leads to a spring effect on the boost because of too much piping or too large of an intercooler.
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 10:45 AM
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Originally posted by Xpeed
to make a woosh sound why? i think youve been hanging around at the honda forum for way to long. . I dont think there is supercharger lag it dosent lag because it uses the engine to spin it. a turbo lags becasue it uses exhaust to spin it, the more the RPM the faster turbo spins.
I was just wondering if there were any valves like a blow off valve for the supercharger. And NO, even though I did used to have an Accord, I'm happy to say that I didn't rice out the car at all, in fact, I was disappointed whenever I saw someone rice out that car (which I saw way too many times)
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Is there anything that you can put on a supercharger to make that "woosh" sound?
LOL....JCWhittney sells a cassette/CD with the sounds of turbo blow off valves, loud exhausts and race car engines. Go for it dude

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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 04:51 PM
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LOL....JCWhittney sells a cassette/CD with the sounds of turbo blow off valves, loud exhausts and race car engines...
OMG. That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. Please tell me it's not true.
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 05:04 PM
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I just clicked the link and can't help but laugh... LMAOROTF... sorry....
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 06:28 PM
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Originally posted by Buellwinkle
S/C's inherently don't have any lag at all unless poor piping or intercooler design leads to a spring effect on the boost because of too much piping or too large of an intercooler.
Pardon me for quibbling, but there is some lag. The S/C does not come up to speed instantaneously, nor does the air in the system. It just seems like no lag compared to a turbocharger.
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 06:41 PM
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Robert...you're wrong! A supercharger is belt driven off the crank and therefor matches the RPM of the engine.

I'll let the engineers spell it out to you in more technical terms.
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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 12:27 PM
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It depends on how you define "lag". If someone sees the time taken for the air to enter the intake, exit the supercharger, and go into the combustion chamber as a lag, nothing in the world can eliminate it.
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LOL....JCWhittney sells a cassette/CD with the sounds of turbo blow off valves, loud exhausts and race car engines. Go for it dude

(I sort of knew this would happen when 2Fast2Furious hit the screen)


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